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Excessively vs Overhope - What's the difference?

excessively | overhope |

As an adverb excessively

is to an excessive degree.

As a noun overhope is

excessive hope or anticipation; presumption.

As a verb overhope is

to hope excessively; presume.

excessively

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • To an excessive degree.
    • The application form was excessively complicated.
  • In excess.
    • He smoked excessively .

    overhope

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Excessive hope or anticipation; presumption.
  • *1859 , Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, The works of Francis Bacon: Volume 7 :
    • If the good turn out less than you hoped for, good though it be, yet because it is not so good, it seems to you more like a loss than a gain, by reason of the overhope .
  • Hopefulness; sanguineness.

    • Verb

    (overhop)
  • To hope excessively; presume.
  • *1919 , The Country gentleman: Volume 84:
    • If we have overhoped ourselves in the hay we may have done the same with the hogs.
  • *1992 , David G. Moursund, International Society for Technology in Education, The technology coordinator :
    • I'll cast this observation a little too broadly to make the point clearer: many principals "overhoped " that computers would have miraculous effects on all students exposed to them even if only for a few minutes per week, and now finding [...]
  • To hope constantly.